Mortifera.6138 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I've been around since Beta, so my friends list has lots of old friends on there. Sometimes I go through it and I remember someone, and that makes me both happy and sad: happy that I got to spend time with them, and sad that they may have moved on. It doesn't mean the game is bad, just that most people move on after a couple of years. Does anyone go through their old friends on their friends list to get feels? Or is it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokeenoppa.5384 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I have all my old gw2 friends as discord friends and we play other games together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortifera.6138 Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 > @"sokeenoppa.5384" said: > I have all my old gw2 friends as discord friends and we play other games together. You haven't drifted apart over time? I've changed a lot since 7 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokeenoppa.5384 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 > @"Mortifera.6138" said: > > @"sokeenoppa.5384" said: > > I have all my old gw2 friends as discord friends and we play other games together. > > You haven't drifted apart over time? I've changed a lot since 7 years ago. Not with those that I considered friends. Ofc my friend list also has some players that I hardly even knew. But the ones that I raided with in GW with discord are still my friends and we play other games and chat alot even tho they dont play this game anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trise.2865 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Do I miss having more people I could talk to and call on to play with? Absolutely. Do I miss specific people on my Friends List? Not really... Most of the "missing" people on my Friends list were either a) never really my friends, or b) RL friends who weren't that into it in the first place. The ones that aren't those, I don't have to miss, because I still keep in touch periodically. Turns out most of them are out living their best lives, and I'm jealous but happy for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killermanjaro.5670 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 My friends list is really more of an 'acquaintances' list, where its mostly either a comm that ran fun meta squads, or players that I've randomly partied up with to help with world completion, or to help explain stuff to newer players. But I sort of know what you mean as there's some players on there where I had a great time with, for example when HoT first came out I asked for help at a HP in map chat in TD, someone came and we partied up, then after we continued to explore for a bit, then just bounced up to some high up ledge and sat down to admire the view while having a chill chat for 30mins or so before deciding to head onto the meta. That person is still on my friends list and occasionally when I see them online I wonder if they'd want to team up to do some exploring again, but I always think it'd be a bit weird to drop a message after years of not actually having done anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyCakeLight.3750 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I don't like purposely go through my friend's list for the "feels" or anything. But, there are certainly times when I notice people's names and wish we could play together, again. I'd love to be able to catch up with some of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostInAStorm.4172 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Can't say I've had that feeling in any game I've played. My friends list is usually almost always empty. Occasionally I'll have somebody on it that I never really ever talked to that was in a mutual guild, but I don't stay in guilds long and eventually I'll leave and delete them off the friends list when I do. I'm pretty anti-social both in and out of game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notebene.3190 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 Yes :disappointed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senqu.8054 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Ou Man, I met the greatest People in gw2 and tbh I would love to meet all these people in real life. The most of us played guild wars 1 and I think we all have something great in common to get along and most likely be friends. It’s sad to see some people went away without saying good bye. Im in a what’s app group with my guild mates I met 8 years ago and some of us have seen each other in real life as well over the years. There is daily Someone who writes something and we are always in contact even if are not playing gw2. The magic of guild wars I would say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costepj.5120 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 The core of my friends list is people I have been gaming with for over three decades, going back to pen and paper D&D! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knite.1542 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 No but sometimes I look at my follower list and think, "Who are all of these people?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamy Lu.3865 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I would really love that we can categorize friends in this list. I use it for all sort of purposes. So for now, what I do is that I set a nickname with input like "WvW tag", "Guild Name", and so on... It helps me identify on first look. But that's lot of work and it has an enormous disadvantage: Once we set a nickname, we can no more see the game ID... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endless Soul.5178 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 You should see my Guild Wars 1 friends list. It's a graveyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Hayes.6890 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Friends? I mostly use that list to stalk people... Seriously though, I don't remember more than half the people on there. Though there is one guy on there that trash talked me in my short lived PvP days one time. I send him an encouraging whisper every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberkingkong.8041 Posted April 24, 2020 Share Posted April 24, 2020 > @"sokeenoppa.5384" said: > I have all my old gw2 friends as discord friends and we play other games together. GW2 needs to improve friendlist, it needs more customization. Facebook Facetime Discord Bio etc. Additional options That the user gives out. If they don't want to share Facebook, they don't share it. Right now its too old, its like 1990s Everquest friendlist, GW2 needs to be up to date. Its 2020 for crying out loud. Get with the times GW2. So many apps out there, GW2 needs to learn about API and **Integration** and start applying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trollocks.5084 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I've never had any friends in GW2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voltaicbore.8012 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I'm an extrovert and quite social irl, but gaming has always been a somewhat solitary activity for me. Some of this is due to age (for most of my youth multiplayer meant actually being at someone else's house to grab a controller plugged into the same console), and the rest is due to my social circle (just don't have many gamers in my life and I'm not going to go out of my way to get more in there). I the only reason I stick with any game is for the game itself, and I have absolutely zero concern for who else is playing it. The only feeling I get when looking at the friends list is "there's no reason for this many people to be on it" lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teratus.2859 Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 I removed a lot of old people who havent been online in years, some I knew wouldn't come back to the game others were people I met in game. I don't see the point in keeping a cluttered list tbh, half the people on my list I don't even remember either unless I have set a nickname for them to remind me who they are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avey.4201 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 I felt that way in GW1, on the rare occasion I login I still go to LA to stand on the hill, and let map know I'm the fucking king. On a positive note, I found a very missed old friend on steam by his GW1 username, he'd almost forgotten the game, he went back to finish, as well as started GW2. GW2 friends list was no different really, except I only add people who send salty pm's so I know when they are online to hunt them in pvp/wvw. my followers list is 70% people who I wish logged in to play with them again. I made a personal guild, good friends joined who are all inactive/banned now, I pick up pugs who may need some of the guild utility but aren't interested in doing guild things/chat, many of them are inactive, but I don't kick inactives, someday I may be gone, and if they return I know they'll at least have a guild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiravor.1257 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Yes its a bit sad for me as all the people on my list are friends that i enticed to try gw2. They all quit, game too hard, takes way too long to unlock skills, etc. One bud even said i lied to them about difficulty by the time they got to orr. Heck, i even purchased the game for one guy. It really does take way to long to make a player feel invested in the game though. About the time they start feeling decent, they go to orr, then worse yet (for new players) hot. I had one friend make it that far and got annihilated by epic...uhhh pocket raptors, then a silly mushroom that he could not even scratch. Lol. He left. I wish they would just sink a 1k hrs or so, they can see it can be fun if geared well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaconReaper.5719 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 I played with my sister & her boyfriend, he has now passed away so my friends list gets me in the feels even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crepuscular.9047 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 > @"uberkingkong.8041" said: > > @"sokeenoppa.5384" said: > > I have all my old gw2 friends as discord friends and we play other games together. > > GW2 needs to improve friendlist, it needs more customization. > Facebook > Facetime > Discord > Bio > etc. > Additional options > That the user gives out. If they don't want to share Facebook, they don't share it. > > Right now its too old, its like 1990s Everquest friendlist, GW2 needs to be up to date. > Its 2020 for crying out loud. > Get with the times GW2. > > So many apps out there, GW2 needs to learn about API and **Integration** and start applying it. How about a **NO**, unlike some MMOs where you must accept a friend invitation, GW2's friend list is open for anyone to add By integrating real life identity they are asking for trouble, players could have their identity stolen for criminal activities, get swatted, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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